Hey Akhil, I have over 5000 followers on the platform, and my most recent post although I only posted a few hours ago has less than 25 views which doesn't make too much sense.
I guess we'll see how the post does in the coming days, but I don't think the follower count really means much on this platform.
A lot of them are bots. Or they could just be people that followed you because they liked a comment/post that you made, but whatever recommendation algorithm Dev.to is using isn't pushing your content to them.
Working as an independent software developer that is mostly developing applications for Apple platforms.
Alongside that, I do some blogging, technical writing and videos on YouTube.
Bragging rights? Influential bandwidth? Nobody can be sure. I guess it depends how you use it. 15k+ and counting. (Side note, i have an outperforming post. LOL)
I have almost 1500 followers on this site. However, I very rarely get any engagement. The only times I've seen meaningful view counts is when I've posted submissions for DEV challenges. Perhaps my content is too advanced or too niche for most people on here given we'll see articles like "Top 5 Git Commits Every Developer Should Know" posted every other week with 20+ reactions 😐.
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I have around 1500 followers with almost 2600 total views. I can say that the format of your article or post matter just as much as the quality of the content. As for how can you benefit from followers; using the API I am able to get a list of all my followers email addresses to create an email alert to send them when I create a new post. I can offer the option to opt out if they no longer want to receive alerts. I haven't implemented this yet but it is a project I am working on.
I'm at 2,358, and I see little evidence that this number means anything.
Hey Akhil, I have over 5000 followers on the platform, and my most recent post although I only posted a few hours ago has less than 25 views which doesn't make too much sense.
I guess we'll see how the post does in the coming days, but I don't think the follower count really means much on this platform.
Algorithms and content visibility can be tricky to figure out.
A lot of them are bots. Or they could just be people that followed you because they liked a comment/post that you made, but whatever recommendation algorithm Dev.to is using isn't pushing your content to them.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too!
I'm on almost 3,500 followers with very little engadgement. I am convinced that the majority of them are bot accounts at this point.
I personnaly don't think the follower count holds any weight here like subs do on YouTube or other platforms.
Bragging rights? Influential bandwidth? Nobody can be sure. I guess it depends how you use it. 15k+ and counting. (Side note, i have an outperforming post. LOL)
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I have almost 1500 followers on this site. However, I very rarely get any engagement. The only times I've seen meaningful view counts is when I've posted submissions for DEV challenges. Perhaps my content is too advanced or too niche for most people on here given we'll see articles like "Top 5 Git Commits Every Developer Should Know" posted every other week with 20+ reactions 😐.
I have around 1500 followers with almost 2600 total views. I can say that the format of your article or post matter just as much as the quality of the content. As for how can you benefit from followers; using the API I am able to get a list of all my followers email addresses to create an email alert to send them when I create a new post. I can offer the option to opt out if they no longer want to receive alerts. I haven't implemented this yet but it is a project I am working on.
I have around 150 followers, despite having only 2 articles with barely 200 views each. I have no idea how I gained those followers...
I have also 2.5k followers and increase day by day.
And my total views is <500